Right of a Greater Share of the Joint Matrimonial Property Due to a Contribution According to the Bulgarian Family Code and Other National Legislations Cover Image

Право на по-голям дял от съпружеската имуществена общност поради принос според българския Семеен кодекс и други национални законодателства
Right of a Greater Share of the Joint Matrimonial Property Due to a Contribution According to the Bulgarian Family Code and Other National Legislations

Comparative Analysis

Author(s): Tsvetalina Petkova
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Civil Law
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Matrimonial community property; Right of a greater share; Family Code

Summary/Abstract: The new Family Code of Bulgaria (FC), adopted in 2009, made a fundamental shift of paradigm in the concept of joint matrimonial property (community of property; joint property; community; common property) - i.e. a specific property, acquired by the spouses during the marriage. In contrast, the previous FC, adopted in 1985, providedf or an imperative ex lege regime of community of property. According to this singular regime, the spouses were not eligible to waive the occurrence of the joint matrimonial property by means of a contract, for example. Such contracts were declared null and void.

  • Issue Year: 5/2016
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 308-327
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English